Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-13

The Milton window will be twelve by
seventeen feet. in height, and divided in
four distinct lights. The coloring will be
of the richest and most varied character,
and employed in such manner AZ to have
the effect OF cut jewels The designs are
extremely beautiful and rich in poetic
fancy, the artist having spent months OF
study upon Millions great works to pre-
pare himself Tor it, and 10 grasp at the
same time not only those subjects most lit
for exquisite illustration, but those that
would convey readily to the general public
the leading themes of Paradise Lost" and
Paradise Regained."
In the centre OF the window will be a
picture Of Milton in his study, blind and
absorbed in meditation. The drawing OF
this figure is very fine, the attitude most
natural. The mate to this Is the group
representing the poet debating to his
daughters. The rest OF the space is Oc'
cupied by ten different subjects. One OF
most striking is Satan calling up his
Legions," and opposite, his first glimpse
of Adam and Eve in state of innocence.
Another, aud dramatic scene, shows the
Tempter in the form vi q colled serpent,
Eve in the act OF giving the fatal + nit TO
Adam. Opposite is the terrible expulsion
from Paradise. The four pictured groups
at the top of the window comprise the
Angel announcing TO Mary the coming OF
her Divine Child, the nativity, the Zap
tism and the antitheses the Tempter over
come. Above are beautiful geOmetrlc
traceIies, and figures of Angels rejoicing
over the triumph. Below the different
groups are appropriate texts from the great
works illustrated.
think that Mr.. Chiids, himself great
student OF Milton, and possessing, by the
way, the original copy OF paradise Lost, y
will be pleased with the way i'll which his
ideas have been carried out. THIS ~ MIR
Childs' third muniticeut gift to Eng
land each marked by a singular sense o
fitness. The other you will remember i:
the beautiful window in the Poets Corner
of Westminster Abbey, to the memory o
the poets, Herbert and Cowper. TIN:
splendid window was particular deligh
to the great and good Dean Stanley, wb'
never tailed to direct attention to 1t. Tit
memorial was originally Dean Stanley
| idea, and in 1876 circulars were issued
asking for subscriptions. This Mr.. Child:
heard of, and without delay offered to bea
the entire cost of it. The result was ;
splendid work in stained glass, of which
have had a small reproduction made.
1t was a singularly happy idea to hav,
the poets represented together. Both wer,
religious, and both Westminster scholars
but representing the two opposite poles o
the English Church. Herbert the ecclesi
astical, Cowper the evangelical. The col
oring of the window is very beautiful ant
vivid, the figure of the poets standing on
in bold relief. Herbert in his clerica
robes is standing on his church porch
Beneath are the following significant line
from his poem on the Christian life:
| Look not on pleasures as they come but go,
| Defer not the least virtue, play the man,
| If thou do i'll the JOY fades, not the pain:
If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remain"
Cowper, in his well known cap an(
dressing gown, his pet hares playing at hi
feet, walks in his garden, looking at hi
mothers picture" from which exquisite
poem the lines underneath are taken:
"Oh, that those lips had language. Life ha
| passed
With me hut roughly since heard thee last.
| Voice only fails else how distinct they say,
| Grieye not my child, chase all thy fears away.
1t is truly good thing to feel We are 81
well represented in England, and through
a man we can all he proud oE.
Mrs. ROBERT 7. PORTER.